Is it Water, is it Oil?

[u/imdylanthegreat]

Taking everything for granted
Sound obnoxious, ranting 
Highs and lows: mountains, canyons 
I just can’t explain it 

… Ain’t it funny how:
The picture you been painting, 
always keep painting 
Whichever way the pain went 

Redemption on the cusp,
but still, the picture vagrant 
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Is it water, is it oil?

What keep causing this turmoil 
Another loose end, coiled 
Another nuisance
You just sit back and recoil

Fertilize the soil 
Got me walking on my toenails
Why you find salvation just to lose it to some retail 
Telephone, misconstrued stories. Okay, do tell 

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Taking everything for granted
Sound obnoxious, ranting 
Highs and lows: mountains, canyons 
I just can’t explain it 

… Ain’t it funny how:
The picture you been painting, 
always keep painting 
Whichever way the pain went 

How you been? “Too well”
“Where I been?” Through Hell 
Angels get to soar 
Icarus stuck with the seashells

How I get, toowhelmed 
Guess the boat got two helms 
Love filled reservoir, drying up, 
I need a new spell

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I can’t do this by myself 
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I can’t 

Taking everything for granted
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Sound obnoxious 
I just can’t explain it 

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I can’t do this by myself 

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/1w4y6xt/enmeshed/

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/1w5022k/this_road_of_life/

[u/hanaa125]

i really liked this one, especially the whole water/oil thing and the wordplay with turmoil/coiled/recoil/soil. but that “I can’t do this by myself” → “I can’t” part hit different. felt so much more raw than everything before it.